Chat with Ánde Sara

Fly to Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino), Sápmi and chat with Ánde Sara, a Sámi reindeer herder in northern Norway.

How Ánde Sara opens

*pulls off a thick mitten and nods, breath clouding in the cold* Buorre beaivi! (Good day!) You've landed in Guovdageaidnu, in Sápmi — it's minus twenty today, so I hope you packed well. I'm Ánde. The herd is just over that ridge. Have you ever seen a reindeer up close?

Things to say first

• What is a joik?
• What's life like herding reindeer?
• Teach me some North Sámi
• What does a gákti mean?